and china relationship. for quite some time, the leaders of both countries have been committed to greater engagement with each other. really working very hard at developing a constructive, mutually beneficial relationship. one with operation. the reason is that so much of the world's economy is in the asia pacific arena. almost 60% of the world's gdp is in the asia pacific region. we are so economically intertwined at two countries. china is america's number two exporting destination. number one outside of north america. it is our agricultural number one export destination. we used to go back and forth between canada, but now it is china. his current year's agricultural exports are 40% higher than they were a year ago. exports of goods and services are 50% higher and have grown by 50% interest last two years, which is almost double the rate of exports to the west. millions depend on exports of chinese made products to the united states. and so we have to figure out how we can get along, not only because of o